MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 50.59,-96.81 Latitude: 50.59 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 88 SFC 985 218 24.1 20.0 78 4.1 21.2 183 14 298.5 301.2 294.9 342.5 15.13 2 950 538 23.5 18.9 75 4.6 20.3 190 26 301.1 303.8 295.3 344.1 14.63 3 900 1008 19.3 17.3 88 2.0 17.9 199 28 301.4 304.0 294.9 342.5 13.96 4 850 1499 16.4 14.3 88 2.1 15.0 214 24 303.3 305.6 294.2 339.5 12.17 5 800 2013 12.8 11.3 90 1.5 11.9 226 22 304.8 306.8 293.4 336.4 10.56 6 750 2553 9.4 8.1 92 1.3 8.6 236 22 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.2 9.08 7 700 3122 5.9 4.1 88 1.8 4.8 242 22 309.0 310.3 292.1 331.5 7.35 8 650 3726 2.4 0.2 85 2.2 1.2 245 22 311.6 312.8 291.8 330.2 5.97 9 600 4368 -1.4 -4.3 81 2.8 -2.8 249 24 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.2 4.65 10 550 5057 -5.1 -10.9 64 5.8 -7.5 251 27 318.0 318.6 291.1 328.0 3.03 11 500 5799 -9.9 -19.8 44 9.9 -13.0 252 28 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.59 12 450 6602 -16.3 -28.3 35 12.0 -19.0 251 24 322.7 322.9 290.5 325.7 0.83 13 400 7474 -23.7 -39.3 22 15.6 -25.9 257 25 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.32 14 350 8435 -30.7 -46.5 20 15.8 -32.1 260 26 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.17 15 300 9510 -39.7 -49.3 35 9.6 -40.4 253 25 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.14 16 250 10728 -49.1 -58.4 33 9.3 -49.4 237 25 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.3 0.06 17 200 12175 -51.6 -69.9 9 18.3 -52.0 233 25 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.02 18 150 14047 -51.0 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 251 20 382.2 382.2 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16659 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 193 5 420.9 420.9 307.8 421.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.98 m Freezing level: 618.84 mb = 4126.13 m = 13537.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.05 mb = 3912.50 m = 12836.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.72 mb = 735.25 m = 2412.21 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.69 C Layer 900.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1369.71 m = 4493.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.78 C Showalter Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.26 C K Index: 38.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1883.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.27 mb = 1120.85 m = 3677.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.27 mb = 1667.45 m = 5470.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.27 mb = 11758.79 m = 38578.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1856.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.27 mb = 14809.33 m = 48586.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 132.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 44.95 Bulk Shear: 41.91 m/s